One NHL game and already being compared to the greatest hockey player of all time. Barely any 19-year-old hockey players will even ever be able to say they were mentioned in the same sentence as the great one.

There are tons of players who have a better shot than Gretzky, but it was his hockey sense, vision, creativity and more that set him apart from everyone during his playing time.

This is obviously a nice compliment for Pettersson, but most fans know when to pump the brakes. Safe to say the hype is getting a bit much for a guy who has a grand total of one NHL game under his belt.

Pettersson is going to be a very special player, but it’s best to let him do his thing and build his name at the NHL level.

After playing for Sweden at both the World Junior Championships and World Championships last season, leading the Vaxjo Lakers HC to the Swedish League Championship, winning the scoring title and being named the regular-season and playoff MVP, Pettersson has finally arrived to the show — and people are rightfully excited.

With all the hype aside, it’s going be a treat to see this kid develop and do his thing for the Canucks.

Elias Pettersson’s goal to make it 3-2 @Canucks tonight (now 3-3) makes him the 4th teenager over the last 30 seasons to record at least 3 goals over their first 2 career NHL games
8:54 PM – 6 Oct 2018

I mentioned here after an OT goal he scored in the SHL finals that he looked just like Wayner on the goal. Petty seems to have a more polished skillset than Wayne, but we’ll see if he can match Wayne’s supercomputer hockey mind.